Shiho pleads for Ann to pose

(chapter originally by Misayaka on writing.com)

"Look, bitch." Ann's voice was practically seething with malice. "I'm going to tell you like I told him. No. No, no. No, no, no, HELL no!"

"Sheesh, the last thing I thought you'd ever be was chicken."

"I don't care if he offered me all the money in the WORLD, I am not getting n-..."

There was a pause, and the temperature in the room plunged a few degrees.

"...what did you call me?"

Yusuke suddenly felt like he had to leave, and yet, deer in the headlights. He was glued to the spot, entranced.

"I s-a-i-d you're being-"

"I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID! I am NOT chicken!"

"Well then prove it. You don't have anything I'm not familiar with, and he's an artist! He's probably seen dozens of naked women. All way hotter than you, too."

Actually, Yusuke hadn't. Come to think of it... he didn't recall having ever successfully gotten a woman to pose for him. Not for lack of trying. Maybe it just required a certain touch that he lacked. A touch this Shiho girl seemed to have a knack for, indeed.

"I... I got nothing to prove to you. Or him!"

And yet, the hesitance in her voice. Progress. Or so Yusuke hoped.

"Well then get on with it. Or off with it."

Ann gritted her teeth as she clenched her fists, not sure which of the two she wanted to knock out first. And yet, her pride was on the line. Also her modesty. But mostly her pride.

"..."

After an intensely drawn out silence, while Shiho grinned and Yusuke tried to keep a mask of calm patience, Ann took a deep breath and-